| n. | 1. | A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode. | ||||||
| 2. | A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel. | |||||||
| 3. | The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; | |||||||
| 4. | One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers;
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| v. i. | 1. | To take lodging; to lodge. | ||||||
| v. t. | 1. | To house; to lodge. | ||||||
| 2. | To get in; to in. See In, | |||||||
| Noun | 1. | inn - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers |
INN. A house where a traveller is furnished with every thing he has occasion
for while on his way. Bac. Ab. Inns. B; 12 Mod. 255; 3 B. & A. 283; 4 Campb.
77; 2 Chit. Rep. 484; 3 Chit. Com. Law, 365, n. 6.
2. All travellers have a lawful right to enter an inn for the purpose
of being accommodated. It has been held that an innkeeper in a town through
which lines of stages pass, has no right to, exclude the driver of one of
these lines from his yard and the common public rooms, where travellers are
usually placed, who comes there at proper hours, and in a proper manner, to
solicit passengers for his coach, and without doing any injury to the
innkeeper. 8 N. H. R. 523; Hamm. N. P. 170. Vide Entry; Guest.
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